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1. A disease of the lungs wherein the patient experiences difficulty in breathing which aggravates over time, is called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD. It is associated with other lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and refractory (irreversible) asthma. The symptoms include coughing (with or without phlegm), frequent respiratory infection, blueness of the lips or fingernail beds (cyanosis), tightness in the chest, shortness of breath, and wheezing. 2. It has been found that cigarette smoking is the main cause of COPD. Exposure to air pollution, chemicals, fumes, dust, secondhand smoking and other harmful substances that irritate the ...

Nicotye Samayualie, Canadian Inuit Cape Dorset Artist

Research Paper Introduction Nicotye Samayualie, a Canadian Inuit from Cape Dorset, was born on the 23rd of November 1983. Her parents are Johnny Tunnillie Samayualie and Kudluajuk Ashoona, and her grandmother is a famous graphic artist, Keeleemeeoome Samayualie. She has clearly inherited her grandmother's artistry, whose art works were one of those few exhibited in the Cape Dorset yearly print anthology in the 1970s and 1980s (Spirit Wrestler Gallery, 2016). Nicotye has developed a strong fascination with the display, arrangements, and layouts of contrasting images in natural and artificial objects. Numerous of her artworks portray common images like crates ...

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Riding motorcycles without a helmet can be equated to confronting a risk head on while hoping that chances will likely save you. The best way to stay safe is by preventing the risk in the first place rather than trying to find ways of reducing the impact of the risk. The numbers of motorcycle accidents over the recent past are evidence as to why all motorcycle riders should wear their helmets at all times when riding their motorcycles. Several studies have been conducted by different companies trying to look into the issue of whether the helmets have any correlation ...

World War II was bad for Europe. A comedian once said of the first World War that it would have been better for all concerned if the countries involved had simply stayed home and shot fifty thousand of their own people every week, and that sentiment also gives some idea of just how devastated Europe was after the war that followed the war to end all wars (Blackadder Goes Forth 1989). If anything that falls short of it; “unlike World War Onethe Second War—Hitler’s War—was a near-universal experience” (Judt 2005, p. 25). As many as thirty-six ...

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Child abuse Child abuse is a term used to refer to mistreatment and acts of affliction on children. These are acts conducted by caregivers, guardians and parents of the child that often results to real problems and harm to a child. These acts range from physical abuse like bartering and bullying, sexual abuse that includes rape and sexual advances, psychological torture and in other instances negligence and lack of support. These acts of abuse occur in homes, schools and communities that the child resides and can be conducted by any person ranging from peers, teachers, and other society members. ...

The Impact and Effects of Power Politics of United States, China, & Japan Arising from South China Sea Conflicts on the Sovereignty and Socio-Political Fabrics of Philippines

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The South China Sea (SCS) is a partly enclosed body of water that connects the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is marked with several island attributes which are grouped into four island bodies-- the Pratas or Dongsha Islands in the northeast, the Paracels or Xisha Islands in the northwest, the Spratlys or Nansha Islands in the south, and the Scarborough Shoal or Zhongsha Islands to Paracels' southeast (Hayton, 2014). It is teeming with ...

In terms of both our vocations and hobbies, we often aspire to become great. What happens, however, when this very desire consumes and overtakes us? The 2010 film "Black Swam" starring Natalie Portman as a high-profile ballet dancer, shows its viewers that unchecked ambition can be a dangerous and ultimately deadly thing. This message is achieved primarily through the film's use of detail-heavy camerawork, its character depiction, and its embrace of magical realism and distortions of reality. The main character Nina loses her identity, herself to become perfect and on this way to the culmination of her transformation she ...

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Studying the vibrational modes of organ pipes Introduction Sound is a vibration that arises from a mechanical wave of pressure and displacement, through a medium like air or water (Berg and Stock, 23). The reception and perception of these waves by the brain is referred to as sound. On the other hand, acoustics deals with the study of these mechanical waves in matter (pg. 40). In this experiment, the organ pipe is the main target of discussion. This is a sound producing wind instrument that resonates at a specific pitch when pressurized air is driven through it. A complete ...

The writing assessment required the student to write down short words read out aloud by the teacher. It was meant to assess the student’s ability to write basic words which are ordinarily learnable at his level. The next stage involved writing simple sentences to assess the student’s ability to make meaningful word connections in writing. Assessment was based on the ability of the students to write the words successfully; a score of ten would be considered excellent, between eight and nine good, between five and seven average and a score below four as below average. The student, Adams Johnson, ...

The Islamic State must not be regarded as a terrorist organization alone. The group has evolved into a well-run political machine and a potent military force. The group believes in a twisted translation of Islamic law as an anchor political belief and demands that this particular world view be imposed on Muslims as well as peoples of other ‘inferior’ religious beliefs. Founded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the group was originally called as the “Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), the first regiments of the IS fought against the US military in the aftermath of the downfall of Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein. The IS ...

Through the years, markets have witnessed several products whose demands have declined. There are several reasons why these products have experienced a huge decline in consumer demand. One of these products is the encyclopedia. There was a time when the major source of information for students and researchers was the encyclopedia. However, during the late twentieth century, the information revolution started and the fast paced development in technology overpowered the once profitable printed encyclopedia business. The competitive advantage that was previously enjoyed by the encyclopedia has been swallowed by impact of the new technology, specifically, the internet technology.

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Jupiter was the first giant planet formed.

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According to the Nice theory where did the Kuiper belt objects and Oort cloud objects come from?

Kuiper belt objects come from the out edge of Solar System where huge spheres made of rock and ice that circle around Pluto’s orbit. The objects took their name from Gerard Kuiper who suggested that comets may come from the Kuiper belt. This group of planetoids is called Kuiper belt objects (KBO). The first KBO named “1991 QB1” was discovered in 1992. The plant Pluto also belongs to the group of KBO. Some ...

Conflicts are a natural part of the collective human experience. Wherever there is the involvement of choices, conflicts are bound to happen. In the current competitive world, opinion and views are highly divided and hence conflicts are inevitable (Deutsch & Coleman, 2000). In our efforts to work cooperatively and collaboratively with one another, we often have differing opinions about how best to accomplish our common goals. Conflicts in the workplace are common and they occur as result of varying personalities and perspectives. Employer and employee conflicts are the most common types of conflicts in the workplace. Conflicts most of the times ...

The Cold war period can be described as the duration during there was political and military tension between USA and the Soviet Union. The war was between the Eastern bloc and the Western Bloc. The Eastern bloc primarily consisted of the Soviet Union, which included countries like Russia. The Western bloc, on the other hand, comprised of The United States of America and the National Alliance Treaty Organization (NATO). There are twenty-eight NATO member states, which include France, Italy, Canada, Germany, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Portugal and Spain, just to mention a few(Kerkendall, 2010, p. 34). It is ...

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An Alternating Arrangement Analysis The portrayal of women in the short stories “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen and “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield are quite similar to each other. The four most prominent themes when it comes to women and feminism in both stories are the image of a mother, women and physical appearances, assigned tasks to women, and social class. In the succeeding paragraphs, this essay will try to analyze and explain how those themes are present and are related from ...

There are unconventional concerns within the midst of Pope Francis’ governance as the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic world. Pope Francis was reported to being elected as the 266th pope with St. Peter being popularly known as the first . The defiance to tradition was observed to be immediately exhibited right after Pope Francis’ election when he appeared before the crowd at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica wearing very simple white vestments . Various reports have disclosed other actions that allegedly breaks tradition include: choosing “to live in an apartment rather that the archbishop's palace, passed on a chauffeured limousine, ...

Questions on the Journalist Interview “The Computer Bug”

⑴ How do you tell that this top IT thief has a big ego from the journalist’s opening remarks? The ego of the IT chief is revealed from his demeaning description of a government. He explains that what a person gets from working for the government is “chicken feed”. The IT chief justifies his decision of not specializing. The top IT thief thinks highly of himself. He says that it costs one hundred Yuan to get his services for an hour. He says that other people cannot break a program code even if given Ten thousand hours yet he could do it. ...

Violations of Peremptory Norms committed by Syria

Abstract The unrest in Iraq and Egypt in early 2011, as well as the outbreak of a full-blown civil war in Syria later that same year, has led to an intricate web of interstate security dynamics. The civil war in Syria has extended unabated, killing more than 100,000 people and displacing millions more. Western military intervention with air strikes on the Assad regime may get forestalled with a possible UN-backed plan to counteract Syria's chemical arms stockpiles. The essay looks into the dishonor of the Peremptory Norms from the beginning of the crisis until now. The Peremptory Norms are ...

Proposal of Making A Dining Hall for the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Executive Summary The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, also known as Carey Business School, located in Baltimore, Maryland is one of the newest business schools in the USA. Founded in 2007, the school is yet to develop fully to accommodate all the students in a single campus (JHU #2, 2014). It has several campus locations within Baltimore, Washington, D.C. I attend my classes at its Harbor East Campus in a 24 storied high-rise building, the Legg Mason Tower. The Leg Mason Tower is the office headquarter of the asset management company, Legg Mason. Though having our classes done in an ...

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A general rise in incidences of climate change has got the world scheming and planning for various remedies. The world has become so much aware of its surrounding after the realization that future generations will still depend on the very earth they are using. Management practices and mitigation efforts have been headlined and put into various government policies to ensure that sustainability is attained. Various intergovernmental and regional meetings have made it a habit to discuss and incorporate climatic issues into their various agendas. In as much as all this noble activities and efforts are aimed at ensuring a sustainable ...

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On February 28th 1998 an armed conflict ensued lasting until June 1999 in Kosovo. The warring parties were namely the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo Liberation Army constituted of Kosovo Albanian rebels. The former was operating under the auspices of the Montenegro and Serbian republics while the latter had the ground support from the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and the Albanian forces. According to Christian Nielsen’s Ethnic Cleansing: Kosovo, conflict traces its roots to the historical contentions dated back to 1939. It is in this year, that Serbian and Ottoman forces went to war ...

- When did the BCG experience-curve begin to have a significant impact on business thinking? The experience curve is one of the best known and one of the signature concepts of BCG . The experience curve theory was generated during a cost analysis performed by BCG for a major semiconductor manufacturer in 1966 and held that the unit production cost of a company would decrease by a particular amount (which is estimated to be nearly 20% to 30%) for each doubling of the experience or accumulated production volume . The experience curve theory has been a valuable descriptor and a predictor of competitive dynamics in business through ...

Professional or Personal

There are various situations where as an administrative office there is a dilemma pertaining to the decision making on ethical conduct in a professional environment. There are biases that cannot be avoided at times, which may be due to certain situations that are unavoidable however at the same time the emphasis on genuine corrective action cannot be ignored considering the fact that an honest and impartial approach should be taken at all times. The above can lead to severe conflicts if a decision is taken in either of the directions and therefore it becomes important to take actions keeping in mind restorative ...

Economic Report about Current Commercial Gasifiers

GE Energy Gasifier GE Energy Gasifier uses the entrained flow, coal-water slurry feed, refractory lined slag and oxygen blown technology. The manufacturers at GE Energy have two variants, one with a radiant cooler and another full quench gasifier. Their products use a wide variety of fuels like low rank coals, pet coke, bituminous coal and other blends of pet coke. The design of GE Energy Gasifier emphasizes on operational eficiency. This is achieved through optimization of heat recovery and production of carbon monoxide. As espoused earlier, the GE Energy Gasifier predominantly uses the direct quench system. This design is not ...

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European Gypsy moths cause severe damage to trees and shrubbery by reducing the ability of the plants to carry out photosynthesis. The moths damage the plants causing the plants to die and/or to become vulnerable to infections. Plants are defoliated forcing the plants to grow new leaves disrupting the natural growing process of the plants. The environmental damage the moths cause results in loss of wooded areas, drought and high economic costs. The carbon cycle is disrupted due to the loss of trees. Gypsy moths are regarded as the worst insect pests in the United States. The infestation started ...

. Asian gypsy moth was first recognized in North America around the port of Vancouver in British Columbia Canada in 1991. The Asian gypsy moth was introduced later for the first time to Oregon and Washington in the year 1991. They were brought about by ships from Russia infested with Asian gypsy moth eggs and were blown by the offshore wind to the shore line. Scientists believe that the docked ships with those eggs blown to the shore hatched into larvae. However, human activities like spraying to control insects like mosquitoes, ensured that the moth was eradicated. Trapping was another ...

Ursula K Le Guin: The Day Before the Revolution

Ursula Le Guin’s short story ‘The Day Before the Revolution’ focuses on the main character’s old age experiences, exploring several important and crucial themes such as ageing, loneliness and grief. It is often seen as a sort of prologue to the more famous story The Dispossessed in which Le Guin explores the rambling themes of racism and political ambivalence. The story follows is about a woman, Laia Asieo Odo, and it follows her throughout a day in her life. Although she is sometimes referred to as Odo, this story is a personal narrative mostly and she is calls her ed ...

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Violence by and against children is completely unacceptable and against their fundamental rights. It is imperative that institutions and government agencies ensure they design policies, programs and initiatives that are efficient and progressive not only by preventing juvenile delinquency, but more significantly by protecting the society from errant delinquents. Many theorists and scholars have placed more emphasis in drafting these policies to reflect a social approach to the problem of juvenile delinquency rather than adopting a judicial approach. It is a fundamental obligation not only to the criminal justice system, but also to the society at large to prevent juvenile delinquency. The ...

The Wilding of America by Charles Derber presents the reader with the notion of “wilding,” but does the average person know what it really means? In order to explain, the author provides information on the term’s origin: a history of wilding even before the term was coined, describing the life of the immoral tribe Ik in Africa and the development of American wilding. According to Derber, wilding is the result of socially prescribed and promoted striving for enrichment and chasing the American Dream. Since the Reagan presidency, wilding has penetrated into all levels and spheres of American life – from ...

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European Gypsy moths are regarded as the greatest insect pests in the United States as they have been reported to cause severe damages both to the environment and the economic features. These insects are believed to have emerged from Massachusetts after they were accidentally released by a professor who was doing research on silk production. They later spread across the United States through two different ways. One, they spread across short distances naturally where the caterpillar stage climbs to the top of a tree and spin a silk thread which allows them to be blown by wind a process called ballooning. The second ...

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There has been a raging debate on the existence of genetically modified foods. Proponents of the genetic modified foods base their argument on the increasing population and the need to have food sufficiency. There are many advantages fronted by these proponents as to why genetically modified foods should be encouraged. Genetically modified foods are pest resistant. Therefore, they can withstand attacks from pests. In this regard, genetically modified foods shield farmers from possible financial losses that would be occasioned by pest attacks. Consumers, on the other hand, do not wish to eat food treated by pesticides due to the associated ...

1.0 Background of the conflict The feud between Israel and other Islamic countries is a precipitation of the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At the very centre of the said conflict is Gaza strip that is currently occupied by Israeli military. The Gaza-Israeli conflict is about the ownership and the occupation of the Gaza strip, which has been historically controversial. Palestinians have actively and even violently Israelis occupation of the strip for years, resulting in Israel’s military action; all of which has culminated in the death of thousands of civilians and armed militants. Israel occupied the strip after the 1967 ...

Space Odyssey 2001: A Review

Stanley Kubrick is a gifted artist and his film genius was wholly represented by his futuristic film, Space Odyssey 2001. Director Stanley Kubrick's work is a profound, prophetic and visionary delight. As produced and written way ahead of its time (1968), I think that the primary purpose of the director is to set out a classical standard in film making. Kubrick aimed to produce a new film genre or a model scientific or futuristic film. He probably aimed to create the best science-fiction film of all time. One in depth analysis of the film stated that the director’s purpose was to “blow his ...

Hip hop is a genre of music and art that has come, over the years, to define a significant portion of the African-American community, and many communities outside of those circles. Stemming from the South Bronx in the 1970s, it has sprung forth into a full-blown cultural phenomenon, defining popular culture to a great extent since its inception. Hip hop has a rich history, and is not shy from controversy or danger. In this paper, we will discuss the history and cultural impact that hip hop has had on American culture and beyond.

Hip hop music stems greatly from Jamaican traditions of reggae and ...